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FLOKI’s price cedes its short-term gains after short-selling spree – What’s next?

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FLOKI was posting strong short-term gains on the charts, until it wasn’t.

FLOKI bulls forced to cede the recent hard-fought gains as market sentiment shifts

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  • FLOKI has a strong bearish outlook in the near term
  • Buying pressure seemed non-existent, with market participants fearing more volatility

FLOKI bulls were not successful in reclaiming the $0.000176 zone. They were not strong enough to retest the resistance zone, falling short of their target at the $0.00016-level.

FLOKI 1-day TradingView

Source: FLOKI/USDT on TradingView

The CMF fell well below -0.05 to indicate significant capital flows out of the market in recent days. The RSI on the 4-hour chart was also in bearish territory, and more losses appeared likely for the memecoin.

Hence, the question – Do the on-chain metrics agree with these findings?

Signals were bearish, but there was some hope for holders

FLOKI Santiment

Source: Santiment

On 29 August, the dormant circulation saw a giant surge. This was a sign of a flurry of token movements that were likely for selling purposes. At the same time, the price dropped from $0.000157 to $0.000135.

The short-term MVRV, which had been in positive territory, was also forced to pull back. This showed that holders were at a minor loss, with the recent price uptick running into a large wave of selling.

The mean dollar invested age also saw a pullback to signal old coins re-entering circulation. After trending higher for nearly three months, this was a good sign. There was room for FLOKI to make gains after the recent reset. As things stand, the buying pressure was not yet in favor of the bulls.

FLOKI sentiment worsened after the retracement

FLOKI Santiment

Source: Santiment

In the last week of August, when FLOKI was making strong short-term gains, the daily active addresses metric steadily increased. This signaled greater usage and potential demand. Additionally, the token velocity also climbed to show increased usage in transactions.

This uptick vanished within the span of a few days as bearish sentiment seized the market and drove away participants. The network growth was not affected as badly.

Floki Open Interest

Source: Coinglass

The Open Interest saw a sharp hike even after FLOKI made a local high and began to pull back. This was a sign of heavy short-selling in the markets.


Realistic or not, here’s FLOKI’s market cap in BTC’s terms


Since then, the OI has been falling, showing that bearish sentiment was prevalent.

Overall, in the short term, the metrics and indicators favored the sellers. The fall in the mean dollar invested age seemed to be only a small positive.

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Akashnath Sumukar works as a Senior Journalist at AMBCrypto. Based in Chennai, India, he has been an avid follower of the cryptocurrency market since Bitcoin’s boom and bust cycle of 2017. A graduate in Chemical Engineering, he is an expert in technical analysis. In fact, Akashnath has a particular interest in reading price charts and predicting how an asset will move over the short and long term. A self-taught trader and as someone who holds cryptos himself, he is always on the lookout for the next opportunity he can possibly capitalize on, while also educating his audience.
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